It’s hard to overstate how great it is to play a game with satisfying controls. Tight, fluid combat should be the standard, but so many games get it wrong across the spectrum, […]
Preview: Eastern Exorcist is Difficult, Beautiful
Review: Eternal Hope‘s Emotional Tale and Enigmatic World Aim High
I’m a sucker for side scrolling puzzle games, especially those with enigmatic storylines, physics-based puzzles, and a protagonist that is forced to run more often than fight. Games like Inside and Far: […]
Review: Peaky Blinders: Mastermind Has Unique Puzzle Gameplay and Does the Show Justice
Games based on existing brands from other forms of media don’t have a good reputation. It seems even more rare that a game does something truly unique in its gameplay. However, Peaky […]
Review: Enterprise and Iconic Villains Are Great Additions to Star Trek Adventures
I’ve been GMing a Star Trek Adventures campaign for over a year now. While having an epic campaign is great, sometimes you want to break the pattern with a one-shot. […]
Third Coast Streaming Spotlight: Super GG Radio
If you’re a fan of video games and like feeling like you’re friends with the folks you watch on streams and listen to on podcasts, and you have yet to hear of […]
Preview: We Got Our Hands on BPM: Bullets Per Minute
I love a good first person shooter—and I’ve played hundreds of them. I also love rhythm games, with Beat Saber still on my regular line-up and probably a thousand hours spent strumming […]
Review: Mortal Shell is a Worthy Soulslike
There’s an argument that “soulslike” isn’t a genre, or even a subgenre. No matter where you stand on that debate, it’s impossible to deny that Dark Souls has a particular set of […]
Review: Fall Guys is Pure Fun
I don’t know why I’m writing this. You know what Fall Guys is. So many people played it that the servers were down until well into the launch weekend. It’s not just […]
Review: Skully is a Strange but Charming Puzzle Platformer
There was an era where adventure and platforming games didn’t take themselves too seriously. And then, somewhere in the middle, everything was modern shooters and space operas. It hasn’t been until the […]
Review: Metamorphosis is a Kafka-Inspired Adventure
One of my favorite genres growing up was adventure games, and over the decades, I’ve played a lot of them. Most adventure games are somewhat strange, and many employ surreal imagery to […]
Preview: BattleGroup VR‘s Immersive Gameplay Plunges Players Into Pitched Battles
Virtual reality is a platform that hasn’t exactly fulfilled its promise. There’s a few reasons for this, both technical and physical—something I won’t get into detail on right now. But suffice it […]
Review: Willy Morgan and the Curse of Bone Town Will Make You Go “Meh” Rather Than “Arrr!”
Willy Morgan and the Curse of Bone Town is a fine game. Not the “damn fine” felt driving a herd of cattle all the way to Montana pastures under clear, blue skies […]
